[issue7414] Format code "C" is missing from skipitem() in getargs.c

[Case Van Horsen]

New submission from Case Van Horsen <casevh at gmail.com>:

An error was reported on c.l.py. The following code in a Python 3
extension module generated an error:

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If I use the following C code

static PyObject* foo(PyObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwrds)
{
  char a, b;
  char *kwlist[] = {"a", "b", NULL};
  if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwrds, "|CC", kwlist, &a,
&b))
    return NULL;
  ...

then the following works:

>>> foo('a')
>>> foo('a','b')
>>> foo(a='a',b='b')

but the following fails:
>>> foo(b='b')

RuntimeError: impossible<bad format char>: 'CC'

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I traced it down to missing case statement for "C" in skipitem() in
getargs.c. The attached patch seems to fix the issue.

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components: Extension Modules
files: getargs.patch
keywords: patch
messages: 95846
nosy: casevh
severity: normal
status: open
title: Format code "C" is missing from skipitem() in getargs.c
versions: Python 3.1
Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file15421/getargs.patch

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